Header pics

Metchosin joe · Jun 7, 2015

Lots of good looking custom headers out there. Let's see some pics of what ya got.

bbone · Jun 7, 2015

Hard to see mine...here ya go:

fl-krawler · Jun 7, 2015

wont work · Jun 7, 2015

Can't get logged into my photobucket for some reason but here is the page where my headers are.

http://www.hardlinecrawlers.com/forums/index.php?topic=3653.100

Rockwells607 · Jun 9, 2015

Some of these headers make me wanna throw mine in the trash !

Timjus · Jun 9, 2015

patooyee · Jun 9, 2015

Timjus said:

How do those springs work? Is there anything special you need to do to get them to seal? Or do they not seal perfectly and it just doesn't matter? I've always liked the idea of just pulling a spring to get everything apart.

Timjus · Jun 10, 2015

patooyee said:
How do those springs work? Is there anything special you need to do to get them to seal? Or do they not seal perfectly and it just doesn't matter? I've always liked the idea of just pulling a spring to get everything apart.

just tight slip fit and springs pull the primary and collector ends together. i did put some high temp rtv to them just to make sure.

patooyee · Jun 10, 2015

Timjus said:
just tight slip fit and springs pull the primary and collector ends together. i did put some high temp rtv to them just to make sure.

Is it a standard race-car thing to do or something you personally came up with?

FlatlandFSJ · Jun 10, 2015

patooyee said:
Is it a standard race-car thing to do or something you personally came up with?

Not sure on the race car side of it, but Ive seen dirtbikes and 4 wheelers set up like this since I can remember. Also seen it done on some hot rods and things like that.

patooyee · Jun 10, 2015

FlatlandFSJ said:
Not sure on the race car side of it, but Ive seen dirtbikes and 4 wheelers set up like this since I can remember. Also seen it done on some hot rods and things like that.

Are the spring and weld-on hooks standard off-the-shelf parts somewhere or just stuff you sourced yourself?

FlatlandFSJ · Jun 10, 2015

His looks like it might be put together with a little bit beefier parts. Summit sells a "kit", its 2 tabs a spring for like 6 bucks. I would think you could source the stuff to do it locally and end up cheaper and stronger.

link to summit
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/vpe-10340/overview/

scrambled · Jun 10, 2015

Make sure to buy one of these if you do the springs. The ones on my snowmobile are deadly with a pair of pliers/vice grips.

http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/partno/08-0127/

Timjus · Jun 10, 2015

springs are just universal snowbobile/motorcycle ones. pretty stiff to pull. and hooks are just bend from tig filler rod.

spring pulled collector lets the tubes move some. stainless tubes wont crack so easily when they can move some.